Plunging Tub Drain

The dos and don ts of clearing a clogged sink unclogging your kitchen or bathroom sink doesn t have to be a job for the professionals.

Plunging tub drain.

Before you try breaking up the blockage yourself. How to unclog a bathtub drain using a toilet plunger. Flush the tub drain and overflow drain with a solution of 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of baking soda. If the tub has been leaking or the drain is hard to operate clean the plunger and linkage.

Then place the head of a plunger over the drain and start plunging until the water starts to drain. There s the familiar one at the bottom of the tub that you close to fill up the tub with water. Some bathtubs may only have a stopper and no strainer. Use a brush and a mild cleaning solution or vinegar.

Tubs essentially have two drains. Tubs essentially have two drains. With the stopper removed you can line up the plunger with your shower drain. Use a wash rag or paper towel to remove any excess hair or soap scum that has accumulated around the strainer and the stopper.

Before you start plunging though cover up the overflow drain. Remove the overflow plate if you haven t already and stuff a rag into the opening to prevent air from escaping as you plunge the drain. After 45 60 minutes fill the bathtub with. Fix a clogged tub drain quickly and easily by removing the stopper and fishing out the hair and gunk that causes the problem about 80 percent of the time.

You can easily unclog your bathtub drain with a standard cup style plunger but you have to seal the overflow drain first. On the bottom side of the plate you ll see one or more holes. Here s how to open and unclog the most common drain types. Remove the strainer and the stopper.

About 80 percent of the time you can fix. As i plunged what appeared to be blackish gray sediment as well as a small piece of plastic from a bag and what i can only describe as crud began coming up out of the drain. These allow water to pass through to keep the bathtub from overflowing. Rinse with boiling water.

It s typically covered by a metal plate. I did that and plunged away for 15 minutes. Next i figured i d try plunging this had no effect until i realized i needed to make the overflow cover airtight. If your bathtub is still clogged you can try plunging the drain.